I think I was about five when one of my grandparents died. It’s funny, I can’t remember if it was my grandmother or my grandfather, but I remember things about the funeral. The body was laid out in a casket in the living room (the first room you came into when you walk in the […]
After a recent meeting with Orion Township officials, members of a village taskforce are optimistic the township’s building department will again be doing the Village of Lake Orion’s inspection services. Councilmen Harry Stephen, Ken Van Portfliet and Tom Albert met with township supervisor Jerry Dywasuk and building department head Tom Berger. ‘They’re willing to work […]
Jillynn Keppler knows all about small towns. The new Lake Orion School District Financial Director grew up in Harbor Beach. ‘That’s what I love about Lake Orion. It has the same small town feeling. And we are moving out here,? she added. Believe it or not, Keppler said she’s always wanted to work in accounting. […]
Read this in the Michigan Press Association’s The Bulletin. Did you know you may be liable if your employees do business by car phone? “You want your managers to stay productive, so you suggest they get wireless phones. You may even buy phones or reimburse for them. This is fine as long as the employees […]
Two homeowners on Bellevue Island were rather surprised when a unknown man appeared in their homes during the evening hours on April 12. Michael Schannon, 54, of Silverwood pled guilty at pre-trial to a charge of illegal entry on April 29. His sentence is pending. The first incident on the island happened around 8:15 p.m. […]
Former owner of The Review, Ellen Carlson, recently sent me a photo that was printed in the San Francisco Chronicle. The clipped out photo was actually sent to Ellen by Bill Haight, who was a co-publisher of The Review along with Ellen’s husband Marty. Bill lives in Vero Beach, Florida. The photo was sent to […]
A man who has been a member of the Orion Cable Commission since 1985 won’t be one much longer. Lake Orion Village Council members decided on April 28 that because G. Brett Saunders is now an employee of ONTV, it would be a conflict of interest if he continued to be on the cable commission. […]
Developers on April 28 passed the final step in their plans to develop the old LS Family Foods property on M-24. By a vote of 5-2, the Lake Orion Village Council agreed to rezone the property from commercial and residential multiple to Planned Unit Development for the construction of Atwater Commons. The Aspen Group in […]
For the first time ever, I didn’t visit a beach while I vacationed in Florida — and I didn’t miss the experience. For the first time ever, I spent lots of quality time in northern Florida I was visiting friend Susan in High Springs, about 20 minutes away from Gainesville. She and her husband moved […]
An unplanned swim in Lake Orion could have been deadly for Leslie Stone, 34. But instead, the Lake Orion resident is currently in Oakland County Jail, charged with two felonies. A Lake Orion police officer made a routine traffic stop on Stone on May 5 near the Moon Gate restaurant on South Broadway. According to […]